Amur River

Amur River
ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ ᡠᠯᠠ Sahaliyan Ula (Manchu) 黑龙江 Heilong Jiang (Chinese) Аму́р, Amur (Russian)
Amur near Verkhnaya Ekon, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia
Name origin: Mongolian: amur ("rest")
Countries	Russia, China
Part of	Strait of Tartary
Tributaries
- left	Shilka, Zeya, Bureya, Amgun
- right	Ergune, Huma, Songhua, Ussuri
Cities	Blagoveschensk, Heihe, Tongjiang, Khabarovsk, Amursk, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Nikolayevsk-on-Amur
Primary source	Onon River-Shilka River
- location	Khan Khentii Strictly Protected Area, Khentii Province, Mongolia
- elevation	2,045 m (6,709 ft)
- coordinates	48°48′59″N 108°46′13″E / 48.81639°N 108.77028°E / 48.81639; 108.77028
Secondary source	Kherlen River-Ergune River
- location	about 195 kilometres (121 mi) from Ulaanbaatar, Khentii Province, Mongolia
- elevation	1,961 m (6,434 ft)
- coordinates	48°47′54″N 109°11′54″E / 48.79833°N 109.19833°E / 48.79833; 109.19833
Source confluence
- location	Near Pokrovka, Russia & China
- elevation	303 m (994 ft)
- coordinates	53°19′58″N 121°28′37″E / 53.33278°N 121.47694°E / 53.33278; 121.47694
Mouth	Strait of Tartary
- location	Near Nikolaevsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia
- elevation	0 m (0 ft)
- coordinates	52°56′50″N 141°05′02″E / 52.94722°N 141.08389°E / 52.94722; 141.08389Coordinates: 52°56′50″N 141°05′02″E / 52.94722°N 141.08389°E / 52.94722; 141.08389
Length	2,824 km (1,755 mi)
Basin	1,855,000 km2 (716,220 sq mi)
Discharge	mouth
- average	11,400 m3/s (402,587 cu ft/s)
- max	30,700 m3/s (1,084,160 cu ft/s)
- min	514 m3/s (18,152 cu ft/s)
Map of the Amur River watershed

Amur River
Khabarovsk Bridge across the Amur used to be the longest in Imperial Russia and Eurasia.
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	黑龍江
Simplified Chinese	黑龙江
Literal meaning	"Black Dragon River"
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Hēilóng Jiāng
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	阿穆爾河
Simplified Chinese	阿穆尔河
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Āmù'ěr Hé
Mongolian name
Mongolian	Хар Мөрөн (Khar Mörön) "black river" or Амар Мөрөн (Amar Mörön) "rest"
Manchu name
Manchu script	ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ ᡠᠯᠠ
Romanization	Sahaliyan Ula
Russian name
Russian	Амур (Amur)

The Amur River (Even: Тамур, Tamur; Russian: река́ Аму́р, IPA: [ɐˈmur]) or Heilong Jiang (Chinese: 黑龙江; pinyin: Hēilóng Jiāng, "Black Dragon River"; Manchu: ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ
ᡠᠯᠠ; Möllendorff: Sahaliyan Ula; Abkai: Sahaliyan Ula, "Black Water") is the world's tenth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Northeastern China (Inner Manchuria). The largest fish species in the Amur is the kaluga, attaining a length as great as 5.6 metres (18 ft).

The name of Amur is originated by native NE Asian; the word for water is mul (물) in Korean, muren (mörön) in Mongolian, mizu (みず) in Japanese. In the past, river was called "water", so Amur means a lot of water in native NE Asian. The Chinese name for the river, Heilong Jiang, means Black Dragon River in Chinese, and its Mongolian name, Khar mörön (Cyrillic: Хар мөрөн), means Black River.